The Best Books in Print about the Indians of Georgia
for students in grades K-8
Prices as of August, 2005
Cherokee, Creek (also called Muscogee; sometimes called the Creek Confederacy), and Mound
Builders (prehistoric people, also called Mississippians)
(In the World Book, Britannica, and Americana encyclopedias, Indians of Georgia are listed as
Cherokee, Creek, & Mound Builders.)
*** Compiled by Louise White in collaboration with members of GLMA (Georgia Library Media
Association)
*** Includes Dewey classification numbers (NOTE: Some libraries use 970.1 for their basic
Dewey number for American native peoples; some use 970.00497; others use Dewey numbers
more reflective of American native peoples as separate groups); some subject headings are
also added.
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries of American Native Peoples
American Indian Tribes, by R. Kent Rasmussen & the editors of Salem Press. 2 volumes,
Salem Press, $104.00 (grades 6 & up) Essays arranged by tribe. Vol. 1 includes Cherokee (9
p.), Creek (6 p.), and Mississippians (2 p.) (Mound-builders are not included in this set)
970.1 (970/.00497) Native Americans--Dictionaries & encyclopedias.
The Encyclopedia of Native America, by Trudy Griffin-Pierce. Viking Penguin $27.99 (grades 6
& up). The section on “The Southeast” has material on Cherokees and Creeks, but not Mound
Builders.
970.1 (970.004/97/003) Native Americans--Dictionaries & encyclopedias.
Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes, edited by Carl Waldman. Facts on File [lib.bd.]
$71.50; 2nd rev. ed. pa. $19.95; Diane Pub., reprint ed. $45.00 (grades 5-12) Describes 150
groups including Cherokee, Creek, “Mound Builders,” and (other) “Prehistoric Indians.”
970.1 (970.004/97/00321) Native Americans--Dictionaries & encyclopedias.
Encyclopedia of North American Indians, edited by D. L. Birchfield. 11 volumes, Marshal
Cavendish, $571.00 (grades 4 & up) v.2 : includes Cherokee v.3 : includes Creek Indians v.5 :
includes Georgia and Mound Builders.
970.1 (970.004/97/003) Native Americans--Dictionaries & encyclopedias.
From Abenaki to Zuni : a dictionary of Native American tribes, by Evelyn Wolfson. Demco
Turtleback $16.40; Walker pa. $12.95 (grades 4 & up) Describes Cherokee, Creek, etc., but
not Mound Builders.
970.1 (973/.0497/0032) Native Americans--Dictionaries
The Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes, edited by Sharon Malinowski. 4 volumes,
Gale Group $135.00 v.1. The Northeast and the Southeast (grades 6 & up)
970.1 1 (973/.0497) Native Americans--Dictionaries & encyclopedias.
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Indian Terms of the Americas, by Lotsee Patterson & Mary Snodgrass. Libraries Unlimited
$38.95 850 terms (grades 6 & up) Presents & explains such terms as tepee, wampum,
wigwam, Yankee, etc.
970.1 (970.004/97/003) Native Americans--Dictionaries.
Native Americans. 10 volumes, Grolier ISBN 0-7172-9396-3 $55.00 (grades 6 & up) Many
illustrations and maps.
970.1 (970.004/97/003) Native Americans--Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Other Books for Students K-8 (by grade level)
Kindergarten & Up Reading Level
The First Strawberries : a Cherokee story, by Joseph Bruchac; pictures by Anna Vojtech.
Dial/Penguin Group $17.99; Puffin Books. $15.20 (grades K-4)
P (Picture book) or 398.2 (398.2/089975) Cherokee Indians--Folklore
The Great Ball Game of the Birds and Animals, by Deborah L Duvall; Murv Jacob. Univ. of New
Mexico Press $14.95 (grades K-6) Who will win the contest -- the animals or the birds??
398.2 (398.2/089/9755) Creek Indians--Legends.
How Chipmunk Got His Stripes : a tale of bragging and teasing, by Joseph Bruchac.
Dial/Penguin Group $15.99 (grades K-4) [A Cherokee-Iroquois legend]
398.2 (398.24/529364/08997) Native Americans--Folklore
Jingle Dancer, by Cynthia Leitich Smith (part Creek Indian). Morrow Jr. Books $16.00
P (Picture book) or E (Easy fiction) 1. Creek Indians--Juvenile fiction 2. Native American dance-Juvenile fiction.
Grade 2 & Up Reading Level
Between Earth and Sky : legends of Native American sacred places, by Joseph Bruchac.
Harcourt $16.00 (grades 2-6) One Cherokee legend with 10 other legends -- themes are
respect for/protection of our world.
398.2 (398.2/08997) Native Americans--Legends.
Children of Native America Today, by Yvonne W. Dennis & Arlene Hirschfelder. Charlesbridge
school & lib.bd. $19.95 (grades 2-6) Photo-essay of 25 cultures; Cherokee, pages 26-27
970.1 (306/.08997073/083) Native American children.
The Creek Nation, by Allison Lassieur (Native peoples series) Capstone Press [lib. ed.] $21.26
(grades 2-6) A colorful introduction to Creek history and the Creek people nowadays
970.3 (975.004/973) Creek Indians.
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How Rabbit Lost His Tail : a traditional Cherokee legend, by Deborah L. Duvall; illustrated by
Cherokee artist Murv Jacob. Univ. of New Mexico Pr. $14.95 (grades 2-6)
398.2 (398.24/52932/0899755) Cherokee Indians--Legends.
How Rabbit Tricked Otter and other Cherokee trickster stories, by Gayle Ross.
HarperColllins $18.95 (grades 2-6) Gayle Ross is a storyteller and a direct descendant of John
Ross, Cherokee chief of Georgia.
398.2 (398.2/089/975) Cherokee Indians--Folklore.
Southeast Indians, by Mir Tamim Ansary (Native American series)
Heinemann $7.50 (grades 2-4) A colorful introduction to this subject
970.4975 (975.00497) Native Americans--Southern States.
Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back : a Native American year of moons, by Joseph Bruchac &
Jonathan London. Putnam/Penguin $16.99 (grades 2-6)Poems based on legends of the
Cherokee & 12 other tribes
811.54 Native Americans--Poetry.
Yonder Mountain : a Cherokee legend, by Robert H. Bushyhead & Kay Thorpe Bannon.
Marshall Cavendish $16.95 (grades 2-4)
398.2 (398.2/089/9755) Cherokee Indians--Legends.
Grade 4 & Up Reading Level
Ancient America, by Cathryn J. Long. Lucent Books/Gale Group $28.70 (grades 3-6)
970.01 l. America--Antiquities 2. Native Americans--Antiquities.
The Cherokees, by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve (First American book [series])
Holiday House [lib.bd.] $22.60 (grades 4-6 )
970.3 (975/.0049755) Cherokee Indians
The Cherokee : proud people, by Suzanne Cloud Tapper (American Indians [series]) Berkeley
Heights, NJ : Enslow Pub. [lib.bd.] $17.95 (grades 4-8)
970.3 (975.004/97557) 1. Cherokee Indians 2. Trail of Tears, 1838.
The Creek : Farmers of the Southeast, by Tracey Boraas.
Bridgestone [lib. ed.] $23.93 (grades 3-8) Creek people, also called Muscogee or Creek
Confederacy, are descendants of the Mississippians, who built burial and temple mounds.
970.3 (975.004/973) Creek Indians
The Creek Indians, by Ellen Scordato (Junior library of American Indians)
Chelsea House [lib.bd.] $20.75 (grades 4-8)
970.3 (973/.04973) Creek Indians
Dancing Drum : a Cherokee legend, by Terri Cohlene (Native American legends) Watermill/Troll
Communications $4.95 (grades 4 & up)
398.2 (398.2/089975) Cherokee Indians--Legends.
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The Earliest Americans, by Helen R. Sattler. Sagebrush Educational Resources [lib.bd.]
$17.60; Houghton Mifflin pa. $8.95. (grades 4-8) Early to approximately 1492. Where did
these earliest people come from? -- and what’s our evidence for our answer(s)?
970.01 (970.01/1) 1. Prehistoric peoples 2. Native Americans--Antiquities.
Flying With the Eagle, Racing the Great Bear : stories from Native North America, by Joseph
Bruchac. Bridgewater/Troll Comm. $5.95 (grades 4 & up ) Includes one Cherokee & one Creek
legend; see also “The Southeast,” pages 29-31.
398.2 (398.2/08997) Native Americans--Legends.
Grandmother Five Baskets, by Lisa Larrabee. Harbinger House $9.95 (grades 3-7)
Creek Indians--Fiction.
Ikwa of the Mound-Builder Indians, by Margaret Z. Searcy. Gretna, LA : Pelican Pub. Co. $7.95
(grades 4-6) A story about a 12-year-old Native girl
1. Mound-builders--Juvenile fiction 2. Prehistoric peoples--Juvenile fiction.
Keepers of the Animals : Native American stories and wildlife activities for children, told by
Michael J. Caduto & Joseph Bruchac. Fulcrum $26.95 (grades 4 & up) 23 legends (one
Cherokee), each with a discussion guide and suggested activities for children, some outdoor &
some indoor (like puppet plays) (See also Native American Animal Stories, told by Joseph
Bruchac -- BELOW, this category.)
398.2 (398.2/08997) Native Americans--Legends.
Keepers of the Earth : Native American stories and environmental activities for children, told
by Michael J. Caduto & Joseph Bruchac. Fulcrum $26.95 (grades 4 & up) Includes one Creek &
two Cherokee legends, each with a discussion guide and suggested activities for children.
398.2 (398.2/08997) 1. Native Americans--Legends 2. Nature crafts.
Mounds of Earth and Shell, by Bonnie Shemie (Native sites series : the Southeast) Tundra
Books of Northern N.Y. $14.20 (grades 4 & up)
970.4975 Mound Builders
Native American Animal Stories, told by Joseph Bruchac [from the book Keepers of the
Animals, by M. Caduto & J. Bruchac -- see above, this category]. Fulcrum $12.95 (grades 4-8)
398.2 (398.2/08997) Native Americans--Legends.
Native Americans, by Evelyn Wolfson. Gareth Stevens Pub. [lib.bd.] $22.00 (grades 4-7)
Roles of boys and girls within Cherokee & 3 other tribes.
970.1 (970.004/97) Native American children.
Native Americans of the Southeast, by Christina M. Girod (Indigenous peoples of North
America [series]) Lucent Books [lib.bd.] $28.70; Chelsea House. [lib.bd.] $40.00 (grades 4 &
up) Describes Cherokee & Creek, but not Mound Builders; includes Web sites
970.4975 (975.004/97) Native Americans--Southern States
Only the Names Remain : the Cherokees and the Trail of Tears, by Alex W. Bealer
Little, Brown $12.85 [lib.bd.] $15.95 (grades 4 & up) History of the Cherokee people, their
leaders, etc.
970.3 (973.04975) 1.Cherokee Indians 2. Native Americans--Southern States 3. Trail of Tears,
1838.
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Pushing Up the Sky : seven Native American plays for children, by Joseph Bruchac (grades 4-7)
Dial/Penguin [lib.bd.] $16.01 One of the plays, “Possum’s tail,” is Cherokee.
812.54 Native Americans--Drama.
Seasons of the Circle : a Native American year, by Joseph Bruchac.
Troll Communications $15.95 (grades 3-8) Customs of Cherokee & 11 other tribes
970.1 (391/.0089/97;) 1.Native Americans--Social life & customs 2. Months 3. Seasons.
Sequoyah, Inventor of the Cherokee Alphabet, by Jane Shumate (North American Indians of
achievement) Chelsea House $21.95 (grades 4 & up) Sequoyah’s boyhood, youth, and life--his
skills and his achievement
92 SEQUOYAH (975.004/97557/0092) 1.Sequoyah, 1770?-1843 2. Cherokee Indians-Biography.
Sequoyah’s Gift : a portrait of the Cherokee leader, by Janet Klausner. HarperCollins [lib.bd.]
$16.89 (grades 4 & up)
92 SEQUOYAH (975.004/97557/0092) 1. Sequoyah, 1770?-1843 2. Cherokee Indians-Biography.
Soft Rain : a story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears, by Cornelia Cornelissen.
Delacourte $14.95
A 9-yr.-old Cherokee girl is forced to relocate west from N.C. with her family.
1. Cherokee Indians--Fiction 2. Trail of Tears, 1838--Fiction.
Trail of Tears, by Joseph Bruchac (Step into reading)
Random House $3.99, $11.99 (grades 4-8)
970.3 1. Cherokee Indians--History 2. Trail of Tears, 1838.
The Trail of Tears : the story of the Cherokee removal, by Dan Elish.
Marshall Cavendish [lib.bd.] $32.79 (grades 4-6)
970.3 1. Cherokee Indians--History 2. Trail of Tears, 1838.
The Trail on Which They Wept : the story of a Cherokee girl, by Dorothy Hoobler & Thomas
Hoobler. Demco Press $10.30 (grades 4 & up)
1. Cherokee Indians--Fiction 2. Trail of Tears, 1838--Fiction.
We Are the Many : a picture book of American Indians, by Doreen Rappaport. HarperCollins
$15.99; Cherokee Publications, Cherokee, NC 28719 $15.95
(grades 3-6) Short, illustrated biographies of influential Indians, one Cherokee. 970.1 Native
Americans--Biography.
Grade 6 & Up Reading Level
The Girl Who Married the Moon : tales from Native North America, told by Joseph Bruchac
(Abenaki) and Gayle Ross (Cherokee); illustrated by S.S. Burrus (Cherokee). Troll
Comm./Demco $12.10 (grades 6 & up) Legends about women, including one Cherokee & one
Creek
398.2 (398.2/08997) Native American women--Folklore
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Indian America : a geography of North American Indians, by Marian Wallace Ney. Cherokee
Publications, Cherokee, NC 28719 pa. $5.95 (grades 6 & up) Each map shows the location of
the tribes & confederacies; one map is of Alabama-Georgia-South Carolina, page 45.
970.1 (970.004) Native Americans
Indians of the Southeast, by Richard E. Mancini (The first Americans [series]) Facts on File
$26.35 (grades 6 & up) Mound-builders, p. 9-13, 22-23; also see Index in this book for
“Cherokee people” and “Creek Confederacy.”
970.4975 (975/.00497) Native Americans--Southern States.
The Journal of Jesse Smoke, a Cherokee boy, by Joseph Bruchac (My name is America [series])
Scholastic $10.95 (grades 6-8) 16-year-old Jesse’s diary
1.Cherokee Indians--Fiction 2.Trail of Tears, 1838--Fiction.
Keepers of Life : Native plant stories, told by Joseph Bruchac. Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum Pub.
$16.95 14 legends, one Cherokee; each with a discussion guide and suggested activities for
children.
398.2 (372.3/57044) Native Americans--Legends.
Mastodon Hunters to Mound Builders : North American archaeology, by Peter Nichols & Belia
Nichols. Eakin Publications $13.95 (grades 6 & up)
970.1 (970.004) 1.Mound Builders 2.Native Americans--Antiquities
Native American Stories, by Michael J. Caduto & Joseph Bruchac Fulcrum pa. $12.95;
Minneapolis : Sagebrush Education Resources $22.20 (grades 6-8) Includes one Creek & two
Cherokee legends.
398.2 (398.2/08997) Native Americans--Legends.
The New York Public Library Amazing Native American History : a book of answers for kids, by
Liz Sonneborn. Sagebrush Education Resources $22.40 (grades 6 & up) Mound Builders,
pages 12-16; “Indians of the Southeast,” pages 51-64
970.1 (970.004) Native Americans.
Ocmulgee National Monument, Georgia, by G. D. Pope (Grades 6 & up) National Park Service,
U.S. GPO Not in print as a book on paper, but see these web sites : http
://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/hh/24/index.htm and http
://www.nps.gov/ocmu/History.htm
917.58 (975.8/01) 1.Native Americans--North America--Georgia--Antiquities 2. Mound
Builders.
Who Came First : new clues to prehistoric Americans, by Patricia Lauber. National
Geographic/Simon & Schuster $18.95 The first people to settle here, how they got here -- and
research going on now about these questions. Many illustrations. (grades 6 & up)
970.01 1. Native Americans--Origins.
Will Rogers, Cowboy Philosopher, by Mary Malone (People to know [series]) Springfield NJ :
Enslow Pub. school ed. $20.95 (grades 6 & up)
92 ROGERS (792.7/028/092) 1.Rogers, Will, 1879-1935 2.Cherokee Indians--Biography.
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Grade 8 & Up Reading Level
A to Z of Native American Women, by Liz (Elizabeth) Sonneborn. Facts on File $45.00 Details
on Nancy Ward and six other Cherokee women; and on Mary Musgrove and two other Creek
women
970.1 (920.72/089/97) American Indian women.
American Indian Contributions to the World : 15,000 years of inventions and innovations, by
Emory Dean Keoke & Kay Porterfield [Some editions are called : Encyclopedia of American
Contributions . . .]. Facts on File $65.00, pa. $24.95 Index to Cherokee inventions, p. 346,
Creek, p. 347
970.1 (970.004) 1. Native Americans--Dictionaries 2. Inventions.
Atlas of the North American Indian, by Carl Waldman Facts on File $21.95 Mound Builders,
pages 19-21; Southeast culture area, pages 32-33; lots of maps (Georgia, etc.); also see index
for Cherokee(s), Creek(s), Mounds, Paleo-Indians.
970.1 (970.004/97) Native Americans.
Cherokee Legends and the Trail of Tears, by Thomas (Tom) Bryan Underwood & John Burnett
(adapted from the 19th Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology) Cherokee NC 28719 :
Cherokee Publications (P.O. Box 430) pa. $4.95; Sagebrush Education Resources [lib.bd.]
$13.10
970.3 (398.2097000497) 1.Cherokee Indians--Legends 2.Native Americans--Southern States
3. Trail of Tears, 1838.
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia: the forced removal of a people, by Nathan Aaseng (Famous trials
[series]) Lucent Books/Gale Group $28.70
970.5 (342.73/0872) 1.Native Americans--Legal status, laws, etc. 2.Cherokee Indians.
The Cherokee People : the story of the Cherokees from earliest origins to contemporary times,
by Thomas E. Mails Council Oak Bks. $50.00
970.3 (973/.04975) Cherokee Indians
Chronology of American Indian History : the trail of the wind, by Liz Sonneborn. Facts on File
$71.50
970.1 (973.04/97/00202) Native Americans--History.
Creek Indian History, by George Stiggins, 1788-1845, edited by Virginia Pounds Brown (of the
Birmingham [Alabama] Public Library). Univ. of Alabama Pr. $34.95
970.3 (975/.004973) Creek Indians.
Footsteps of the Cherokees : a guide to the eastern homelands of the Cherokee nation, by
Vicki Rozema. Winston-Salem, NC : John F. Blair pa. $17.95 Self-guided tours of modern-day
Cherokee sites
917.5 (975/.004975) Cherokee Indians--Southern States Southern States--Description &
travel
The Georgia Gold Rush : Twenty-Niners, Cherokees, and gold fever, by David Williams. How the
1929 gold rush led to the expulsion of the Cherokees from Georgia Univ. of South Carolina
$29.95
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975.8 (975.8/03) Georgia--History Cherokee Indians--History
Indian Mounds of the Atlantic Coast : a guide to sites from Maine to Florida, by Jerry N.
McDonald & Susan L. Woodward (Guides to the American landscape [series]) Granville, OH :
McDonald & Woodward $14.95 See index for Georgia, Etowah, Ocmulgee, etc.
917.3 (917.5/0443) 1.Native Americans--Antiquities 2.Mound-builders 3.Mounds--Atlantic
States.
Lost Cities of the Ancient Southeast, by Mallory M. O’Conner. Gainesville FL : University Press
of Florida $55.00
970.497 (975/.01) l. Mound-builders--Southern States.
The Mound Builders, by Robert Silverberg. Ohio Univ. Press pa. $9.95 See index under :
Cherokee Indians, Creek Indians, Etowah, Ocmulgee, etc.
970.01 (973.1) 1. Mound-builders 2. Native Americans--Antiquities.
Native America Today : a guide to community politics and culture, by Barry Pritzker.
970.1 (970/.00497) 1. Native Americans--Government relations 2. Native Americans--Social
conditions.
The Native American Experience, ed. by Lelia Wardwell. Facts on File $140.00
970.1 (973/.0497) 1. Native Americans -- Pictorial works.
Native American Rights, edited by Tamara Roleff (Current controversies) Greenhaven Press
$34.95 Rights of Indians regarding (1) native culture, (2) resources, (3) sovereignty, & (4)
gaming.
342.73 (323.1/197) 1. Native Americans--Government relations.
Native Americans : opposing viewpoints, edited by Wm. Dudley (American history series)
Greenhaven Press $34.95 Viewpoints of Thomas Jefferson, Tecumseh, Theodore Roosevelt,
Chief Joseph, & many others.
970.1 (973/.0497) Native Americans.
Native Lands : Indians and Georgia, by Sarah H. Hill and Sue Evans Vrooma. Atlanta Historical
Society, 130 W. Paces Ferry Rd. NW, Atlanta 30305 $15.00 (Phone : Museum Shop 404-814Í4075) (Reviewed in the Spring 2003 issue of Georgia Library Quarterly, pages 38-39)
970.49758 (975.8/01) Native Americans--North America--Georgia
Native North American Firsts, by Karen G. Swisher. Gale Group $85 “Useful & entertaining” -School Library Journal. Arranged by broad subject categories, e.g. education, performing arts.
See Index for Cherokee, p. 244-245 -- Creek, p. 246.
970.1 (970/.00497) Native Americans.
Native Tribes of the Southeast, by Michael Johnson & Duncan Clarke (Native tribes of North
America [series]) Gareth Stevens [lib.bd.] $31.93; World Almanac Library [school ed.] $32.66
970.4975 (975.004/97) Native Americans--Southern States
Ocmulgee Archaeology, 1936-1986, edited by David J. Hally. Univ. of Georgia Press $45.00
970.49758 (975.8/01) 1. Ocmulgee National Monument (Ga.) 2. Native Americans--Georgia-Macon Region--Antiquities.
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The Rights of American Indians and Their Tribes, by Stephen L. Pevar (ACLU handbooks for
young Americans) New York (125 Broadway, 18th Floor, New York NY 10004 or 1-888-5672258) : ACLU/Puffin Bks pa. $8.99
342.73 (342.73/0872; 347.302872) 1. Native Americans--Government relations.
Stolen Continents : five hundred years of conquest and resistance in the Americas, by Ronald
Wright. Houghton Mifflin $22.95 Special emphasis on Cherokee & Iroquois. Many illustrations.
970.1 (970.004/97) Native Americans.
Voices From the Trail of Tears, edited by Vicki Rozema (Real voices, real history [series])
Winston-Salem NC : John F. Blair $11.95; Cherokee Publications, Cherokee, NC 28719 (P.O.
Box 430) pa. $11.95 Eyewitnesses speak for themselves (Chief John Ross, etc.)
970.3 (973.04/9755) 1. Cherokee Indians--History 2. Trail of Tears, 1838.
Background Reading For Teachers, Media Specialists,
Parents, & Other Adults
Bartram, William, 1739-1823. The Travels of William Bartram [Through North & South
Carolina, Georgia, … ]. Univ. of Georgia Press $24.95; Library of America/Penguin $40.00.
William & his brother (both naturalists) were the first Europeans to see much of this area.
917.5 (917.5043) 1. Native Americans--Southern States 2. Natural history--Southern States.
Bartram, William, 1739-1823. William Bartram on the Southeastern Indians. Univ. of Nebraska
Press $25.00
970.4975 (917.5043) Native Americans--Southern States.
Bruchac, Joseph. Our Stories Remember : American Indian history, culture, and values through
storytelling. Fulcrum $16.95
970.1 (973.04/97) 1. Native Americans--Folklore 2. Native Americans--History 3. Native
Americans--Storytelling.
Fairbanks, Charles H. Archaeology of the Funeral Mound, Ocmulgee National Monument,
Georgia. Univ. of Alabama Press $47.50 1st published in 1956 by the National Park Service.
970.49758 (975.8/01) 1. Mounds--Georgia--Macon Region--Ocmulgee National Monument 2.
Ocmulgee National Monument (Ga.)--Antiquities 3. Mound-builders--Georgia 4. Mounds-Georgia.
Hirschfelder, Arlene B., & Yvonne Beamer. Native Americans Today : resources & activities for
educators. Libraries Unlimited $25.95 Objectives, activities, etc. for each lesson on (for
example) stereotypes, personal names, clothing, food, recreation/sports, native TV/film/video,
etc.
016.9701 (970.004/97/00712) 1. Native Americans--Study & teaching (Elementary) 2. Native
Americans--Study & teaching (Middle school).
Jones, Charles Colcock, 1831-1893. Antiquities of the Southern Indians, Particularly of the
Georgia Tribes. Univ. of Alabama Press $34.95
970.497 (975/.01) 1. Native Americans--Southern States--Antiquities 2. Native Americans-Georgia--Antiquities 3. Ocmulgee National Monument (Ga.)
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958. Creek Religion and Medicine [E-book].
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Boulder CO : Netlibrary $37.50
970.3 (299/.753) 1. Creek Indians.
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958. Indian Tribes of North America.
Washington DC : Smithsonian Institution Press $35.00
This is Swanton’s most important book. See the section on Georgia, pages 104-120, which
gives details on all the 19 Indian tribes that ever lived in Georgia--not only the well-known
tribes but also the lesser known & extinct ones, such as the Apalachicola, for whom the
Apalachicola River was named; and the Okmulgee, who lived near Macon.
970.1 (970.004/97). Native Americans
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958. The Indians of the Southeastern United States. Wash. DC :
Smithsonian Institution Press pa. $29.95; Troy MO : Greenwood Press $67.95
970.4975 (975/.004/97) Native Americans--Southern States.
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958. Myths and Tales of the Southeastern Indians. Brooklyn NY :
AMS Press $20.00
970.4975 (398.2/08997075) 1. Native Americans--Southern States--Folklore 2. Creek
Indians--Folklore.
Audio-Visual Materials
Videos : VHS & DVD
(In order by grade level)
Grades K-4
Native American Life (American history for children) 25 min. Library Video Co. VHS $29.95
970. 1 (970.004/97) Native Americans
Grades 3-6
(Cherokee elementary level history series) Chief Productions/Library Video Co. VHS $39.95
each ($79.90 set of 2)
1) Native American Lifestyles 30 min.
970.1 (973.04975) Native Americans
2) The Cherokee Trail of Tears (1825-50) 30 min.
970.3 (975.004/97557) Cherokee Indians
Grades 3-8
People of the Forest (Native Americans for children series) 25 min. Library Video Co. VHS
$49.95 [Southeastern & Northeastern areas]
970.1 (970.004/97) Native Americans
Grades 5 & up
(Indians of North America video collection) Schlessinger Media/Library Video Co. VHS $39.95
each
1) A History of Native Americans 30 min.
970.1 (970.004/97) Native Americans
2) Cherokee (Ani-Yun Wiya) [Southeast] [1995 Telly Award] 30 min.
970.3 (975.004/97557) Cherokee Indians
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3) Creek (Mvskokulke) [Southeast] 30 min.
970.3 (975.004/973) Creek Indians
Grades 7 & up
(Cherokee history series) Chief Productions/Library Video Co.
VHS $39.95 each ($79.90 set of 2)
1) Cherokee Culture (1500-1820) 30 min. Their life prior to contact with Europeans
970.3 (975.004/97557) Cherokee Indians
2) Cherokee Odyssey (1825-1850) 30 min. Their forced removal from ancestral
homelands
970.3 (975.004/97557) Cherokee Indians
Mystery of the First Americans (World history series) 60 min. Library Video Co. VHS $19.95
970.01 (970.004/97) 1. Native Americans--Origins 2. Prehistoric peoples.
Tribes of the Southeast (Native Americans series) 60 min. Turner Home Entertainment/Library
Video Co. VHS $9.95 (Cherokee, Muscogee-Creek, Chickasaw, Choctaw, & Seminole : “The
children of the Mound Builders”)
970.4975 (975.00497) Native Americans--Southern States
Audiocassettes
Grades K-6
Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back : Native American year of the moons, by Joseph Bruchac &
Jonathan London [audiocassette] Spoken Arts $16.95 [Poems based on legends of the
Cherokee & other tribes]
811.54 Native Americans--Poetry
Grades 4 & up
How Rabbit Tricked Otter and Other Cherokee Animal Stories, by Gayle Ross [audiocassette]
Harper $11.95; Parabola $11.95
398.2 (398.2/089/975) Cherokee Indians--Legends
Web Sites
(These are a few examples; consult your media specialist or librarian for other examples.)
Grades 6 & up
Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842 in GALILEO’s Digital Library of Georgia
Grades 8 & up
Official Cherokee Nation In Oklahoma Retrieved December 5, 2005 from
http://www.cherokee.org/
Eastern Band of the Cherokee Retrieved December 5, 2005 from http://www.cherokeenc.com/
Native North Americans, U.S. Cultures : Cherokee and Creek Indians Retrieved December 5,
2005 from http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/northamerica/
Georgia Indians Carl Vinson Institute of Government Retrieved December 5, 2005 from
http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/gaindian.htm
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Originally, this list, “The Best Children’s Books in Print about the Indians of Georgia” (the title
recently shortened to “The Best Books in Print about the Indians of Georgia”) was the topic of
a workshop at the GLMA-COMO IX conference (meeting on Jekyll Island), Oct. 3, 1997. Every
year -- every August -- since then, the list has been revised and copies distributed at the annual
conference of Georgia-COMO (Georgia Council of Media Organizations -- GLA. GLMA, etc.), with
media specialists and librarians contributing corrections and additions each year.
This annual edition of the list (the 9th) was revised in August, 2005.
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Title Index
A to Z of Native American Women
American Indian Contributions to the World
American Indian Tribes
Ancient America
Antiquities of the Southern Indians
Archaeology of the Funeral Mound
Atlas of the North American Indian
Between Earth and Sky
Children of Native America Toda
Cherokee
Cherokees, The, By Sneve
Cherokee, The, By Tapper
Cherokee & Creek Indians
Cherokee Culture (1500-1820)
Cherokee Legends & the Trail of Tears
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
Cherokee Odyssey (1825-1850)
Cherokee People
Cherokee Trail of Tears (1825-50)
Chronology of American Indian History
Creek
Creek : Farmers of the Southeast
Creek Indian History
Creek Indians
Creek Nation
Creek Religion and Medicine
Dancing Drum
Earliest Americans
Eastern Band of the Cherokee
Encyclopedia of Native America
Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes
Encyclopedia of North American Indians
First Strawberries
Flying With the Eagle, Racing the Great Bear
Footsteps of the Cherokees
Grade 8
Grade 8
Ency. & Dict.
Grade 4
Background
Background
Grade 8
Grade 2
Grade 2
Video
Grade 4
Grade 4
Web Site
Video
Grade 8
Grade 8
Video
Grade 8
Video
Grade 8
Video
Grade 4
Grade 8
Grade 4
Grade 2
Background
Grade 4
Grade 4
Web Site
Ency. & Dict.
Ency. & Dict.
Ency. & Dict.
Kindergarten
Grade 4
Grade 8
12
From Abenaki to Zuni
Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes
Georgia Gold Rush
Georgia Indians
Girl Who Married the Moon
Grandmother Five Baskets
Great Ball Game of the Birds and Animals
History of Native Americans, A
How Chipmunk Got His Stripes
How Rabbit Lost His Tail
How Rabbit Tricked Otter
How Rabbit Tricked Otter
Ikwa of the Mound Builder Indians
Indian America
Indian Mounds of the Atlantic Coast
Indian Terms of the Americas
Indian Tribes of North America
Indians of the Southeast
Indians of the Southeastern United States
Jingle Dancer
Journal of Jesse Smoke
Keepers of Life
Keepers of the Animals
Keepers of the Earth
Lost Cities of the Ancient Southeast
Mastodon Hunters to Mound Builders
Mound Builders
Mounds of Earth and Shell
Mystery of the First Americans
Myths and Tales of the Southeastern Indians
Native America Today
Native American Animal Stories
Native American Experience
Native American Life
Native American Lifestyles
Native American Rights
Native American Stories
Native Americans (Published By Grolier)
Native Americans, By Wolfson
Native Americans of the Southeast, By Girod
Native Americans : Opposing Viewpoints
Native Americans Today
Native Lands; Indians and Georgia
Native North American Firsts
Native North Americans : Cherokee and Creek Indians
Native Tribes of the Southeast
New York Public Library Amazing Native American History
Ocmulgee Archaeology 1936-1986
Ocmulgee National Monument, Georgia
Official Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma
Only the Names Remain
Ency. & Dict.
Ency. & Dict.
Grade 8
Web Site
Grade 6
Grade 4
Kindergarten
Video
Kindergarten
Grade 2
Grade 2
Audiocassette
Grade 4
Grade 6
Grade 8
Ency. & Dict.
Background
Grade 6
Background
Kindergarten
Grade 6
Grade 6
Grade 4
Grade 4
Grade 8
Grade 6
Grade 8
Grade 4
Video
Background
Grade 8
Grade 4
Grade 8
Video
Video
Grade 8
Grade 6
Ency. & Dict.
Grad 4
Grade 4
Grade 8
Background
Grade 8
Grade 8
Web Site
Grade 8
Grade 6
Grade 8
Grade 6
Web Site
Grade 4
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Our Stories Remembered
People of the Forest
Pushing Up the Sky
Rights of American Indians and Their Tribes
Seasons of the Circle
Sequoyah, Inventor of the Cherokee Alphabet
Sequoyah’s Gift
Soft Rain
Southeastern Indians
Southeastern Native American Documents
Stolen Continents
Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back
Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back
Trail of Tears, By Bruchac
Trail of Tears, The, By Elish
Trail on Which They Wept
Travels of William Bartram
Tribes of the Southeast
Voices from the Trail of Tears
We Are the Many
Who Came First
Will Rogers, Cowboy Philosopher
William Bartram on the Southeastern Indians
Yonder Mountain
Background
Video
Grade 4
Grade 8
Grade 4
Grade 4
Grade 4
Grade 4
Grade 2
Web Site
Grade 8
Grade 2
Audiocassette
Grade 4
Grade 4
Grade 4
Background
Video
Grade 8
Grade 4
Grade 6
Grade 6
Background
Grade 2
Index of Authors and Editors
Aaseng, Nathan. Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
Ansary, Mir Tamim. Southeast Indians
Bannon, Kay Thorpe. Yonder Mountain
Bartram, William.
Travels
William Bartram on the Southeastern Indians
Bealer, Alex W. Only the Names Remain
Beamer, Yvonne. Native Americans Today
Birchfield, D. L.. Encyclopedia of North American Indians
Boraas, Tracey. The Creek : Farmers of the Southeast
Brown,Virginia Pounds. Creek Indian History
Bruchac, Joseph.
Between Earth and Sky
The First Strawberries : A Cherokee Story
Flying With the Eagle, Racing the Great Bear
The Girl Who Married the Moon
How Chipmunk Got His Stripes
The Journal of Jesse Smoke, A Cherokee Boy
Keepers of Life : Native Plant Stories
Keepers of the Animals
Keepers of the Earth
Grade 8
Grade 2
Grade 2
Background
Background
Grade 4
Background
Ency. & Dict.
Grade 4
Grade 8
Grade 2
Kindergarten
Grade 4
Grade 6
Kindergarten
Grade 6
Grade 6
Grade 4
Grade 4
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Native American Animal Stories
Native American Stories
Our Stories Remember
Pushing Up the Sky
Seasons of the Circle
Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back
Trail of Tears
Burnett, John. Cherokee Legends and the Trail of Tears
Bushyhead, Robert H. Yonder Mountain
Caduto, Michael J.
Keepers of the Animals
Keepers of the Earth
Native American Stories
Clarke Duncan. Native Tribes of the Southeast
Cohlene, Terri. Dancing Drum : A Cherokee Legend
Cornelissen, Cornelia. Soft Rain
Dennis, Yvonne W. Children of Native America Today
Dudley, William. Native Americans:
Duvall, Deborah L.
How Rabbit Lost His Tail
The Great Ball Game of the Birds and Animals
Elish, Dan. The Trail of Tears
Fairbanks, Charles H. Archaeology of the Funeral Mound
Girod, Christina M. Native Americans of the Southeast
Griffin-Pierce, Trudy. The Encyclopedia of Native America
Hally, David J.. Ocmulgee Archaeology, 1936-1986
Hill, Sarah H. Native Lands : Indians and Georgia
Hirschfelder, Arlene B.
Children of Native America Today
Native Americans Today
Hoobler, Dorothy. The Trail on Which They Wept
Hoobler, Thomas. The Trail on Which They Wept
Jacob, Murv, illus.
How Rabbit Lost His Tail
The Great Ball Game of the Birds and Animals
Johnson, Michael. Native Tribes of the Southeast
Jones, Charles Colcock. Antiquities of the Southern Indians
Klausner, Janet. Sequoyah’s Gift
Keoke, Emory. American Indian Contributions to the World
Larrabee, Lisa. Grandmother Five Baskets
Lassieur, Allison. The Creek Nation
Lauber, Patricia. Who Came First
London, Jonathan. Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back
Long, Cathryn J. Ancient America
Mails, Thomas E. The Cherokee People
Malinowski, Sharon. The Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes
Malone, Mary. Will Rogers, Cowboy Philosopher
Grade 4
Grade 6
Background
Grade 4
Grade 4
Grade 2
Grade 4
Grade 8
Grade 2
Grade 4
Grade 4
Grade 6
Grade 8
Grade 4
Grade 4
Grade 2
Grade 8
Grade 2
Kindergarten
Grade 4
Background
Grade 4
Ency. & Dict.
Grade 8
Grade 8
Grade 2
Background.
Grade 4
Grade 4
Grade 2
Kindergarten
Grade 8
Background
Grade 4
Grade 8
Grade 4
Grade 2
Grade 6
Grade 2
Grade 4
Grade 8
Ency. & Dict.
Grade 6
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Mancini, Richard E. Indians of the Southeast
McDonald, Jerry N. Indian Mounds of the Atlantic Coast
Ney, Marian Wallace. Indian America
Nichols, Belia. Mastodon Hunters to Mound Builders
Nichols, Peter. Mastodon Hunters to Mound Builders
O’Conner, Mallory M. Lost Cities of the Ancient Southeast
Patterson, Lotsee. Indian Terms of the Americas
Pevar, Stephen L. The Rights of American Indians and Their Tribes
Pope, G. D. Ocmulgee National Monument, Georgia
Porterfield, Kay. American Indian Contributions to the World
Pritzker, Barry. Native America Today
Rappaport, Doreen. We Are the Many
Rasmussen, R. Kent. American Indian Tribes
Roleff, Tamara. Native American Rights
Ross, Gayle.
The Girl Who Married the Moon
How Rabbit Tricked Otter
Rozema, Vicki.
Footsteps of the Cherokees
Voices From the Trail of Tears
Sattler, Helen R. The Earliest Americans
Scordato, Ellen. The Creek Indians
Searcy, Margaret Z. Ikwa of the Mound-Builder Indians
Shemie, Bonnie. Mounds of Earth and Shell
Shumate, Jane. Sequoyah
Silverberg, Robert. The Mound Builders
Smith, Cynthia Leitich. Jingle Dancer
Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk. The Cherokee
Snodgrass, Mary. Indian Terms of the Americas
Sonneborn, Liz (Elizabeth).
A to Z of Native American Women
Chronology of American Indian History
The New York Public Library Amazing Native American History
Stiggins, George. Creek Indian History
Swanton, John Reed.
Creek Religion and Medicine
Indian Tribes of North America
The Indians of the Southeastern United States
Myths and Tales of the Southeastern Indians
Swisher, Karen G. Native North American Firsts
Tapper, Suzanne Cloud. The Cherokee
Underwood, Thomas Bryan. Cherokee Legends and the Trail of Tears
Vojtech, Anna, illus. The First Strawberries
Vrooma, Sue Evans. Native Lands : Indians and Georgia
Waldmen, Carl.
Atlas of the North American Indian.
Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes
Grade 6
Grade 8
Grade 6
Grade 6
Grade 6
Grade 8
Ency. & Dict.
Grade 8
Grade 6
Grade 8
Grade 8
Grade 4
Ency. & Dict.
Grade 8
Grade 6
Grade 2
Grade 8
Grade 8
Grade 4
Grade 4
Grade 4
Grade 4
Grade 4
Grade 8
Kindergarten
Grade 4
Ency. & Dict.
Grade 8
Grade 8
Grade 6
Grade 8
Background
Background
Background
Background
Grade 8
Grade 4
Grade 8
Kindergarten
Grade 8
Grade 8
Ency. & Dict.
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Wardwell, Lelia. The Native American Experience
Williams, David. The Georgia Gold Rush
Wolfson, Evelyn.
From Abenaki to Zuni
Native Americans
Woodward, Susan L. Indian Mounds of the Atlantic Coast
Wright, Ronald. Stolen Continents
Grade 8
Grade 8
Ency. & Dict.
Grade 4
Grade 8
Grade 8
Media specialists, librarians, and teachers, please send additions & comments to the
compiler, Louise White, librarian (part Creek Indian, born in Georgia, member of GLMA =
Georgia Library Media Association & of GLA = Georgia Library Association, former media
specialist in Colorado, former classroom teacher in Albany, Georgia)
246 Chelsea Circle, Decatur, GA 30030 Phone (also FAX) : 404-371-8072
Anyone is welcome to copy this list or any part of it, including the indexes.
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